In partnership with Evernote, a note-taking and achieving service, Honda Silicon Valley Lab (HSVL), an R&D division of Honda in the U.S., establishes the “Honda Innovation Award” within the 2013 Evernote Devcup international 6-month competition that combines in-person and virtual events, encouraging developers to create new apps on the Evernote platform. Continuing to spread its philosophy of innovation, Honda will be awarding participants for the development of applications “that make personal mobility more enjoyable and memorable,” states the press note.
Author: Kate Belan
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook), Sergey Brin (Google) and Yuri Milner (Digital Sky Technologies) along with some other notable figures in the IT sector have joined forces to launch the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Foundation to foster researchers in the biotech sphere. The list of founding sponsors also includes Zuckerberg’s wife Priscilla Chan, Brin’s wife and co-founder of 23andMe Anne Wojcicki as well as Art Levinson of Apple, who has been appointed the Chairman of the Foundation’s board.
Burberry has introduced another tech innovation to the world of fashion. To showcase the Burberry Prorsum Autumn/Winter 2013 collection, the brand has reportedly developed its own technology (although, referred to as RFID technology at the official website) to enable “Smart Personalisation” service to let tech-savvy fashionistas order custom-made bags and outerwear with engraved nameplates on them right from the catwalk. The service is available for two weeks until March 3.